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TIL "Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recycling
(www.aluminum.org)
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2024
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I think with plastics the situation is not that great because of the complexities in processing
It’s worse, because we were sold a direct lie of “save the trees, choose plastic” in the 90s.